Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYD-Day anniversary ceremony, 1984
Stars and Stripes
June 4, 2021
Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, June, 1984: Participants in a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France are silhouetted against the sky at the Ranger Monument, which honors members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion who scaled a 100-foot cliff to take out German artillery positions.